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Ackroyd, Peter. Thames: The Biography. London: Chatto & Windus; New York: Doubleday; New York: Vintage, 2007, 2008, xiv, 490 pp. Alt. subtitle: Sacred River; 215 miles long; focus on London.

Categories:

commerce; river; trade;

Keywords:

river, commerce, trade, business, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Aiton, A.S. "The Assiento Treaty as Reflected in the Papers of Lord Shelburne." HisAHR, 8 (1928): 167-77. Assiento, contract to supply slaves to Spanish colonies.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , commerce, trade, business, slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Al-Omery, Omer Saleh. "The Resident in the Gulf: British Power in Transition, 1858-1872." Ph.D. diss, Essex, 1989, 319 pp. (DAI 51/01, p. 268).

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, colonialism, colony, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Indian Ocean, Middle East, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations

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Albion, Robert Greenhalgh & Pope, Jennie Barnes. Sea Lanes in Wartime: The American Experience, 1775-1942. New York: Norton; London: Allen & Unwin; Hamden: Archon, 1942, 1943, 1968, 367 pp.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, commerce, trade, business, sea power, strategy, strategic, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, united states navy, US navy, world war 1, first world war, world war 2, second world war

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Albion, Robert Greenhalgh. Forests and Sea Power: The Timber Problem of the Royal Navy, 1652-1862. Harvard Economic Studies Series, # 29 & Classics of Naval Literature Series. Cambridge: Harvard UP; Hamden: Archon; Annapolis: NIP, 1926, 1965, 2000, 2004, xxvii, 485 pp. Intro: Timothy J. Bean; classic concerning logistical problems & sea power; supply a continuing problem for RN; influenced commercial, colonial & foreign policies, e.g., access to Baltic; thesis now superseded.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, logistics, supply, supplies, sea power, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, ship, boat, vessel, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, commerce, trade, business, Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations

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Albion, Robert Greenhalgh. Square-Riggers on Schedule: The New York Sailing Packets to England and France: And the Cotton Ports. Princeton: Princeton UP; Hamden: Archon, 1938, 1965, xii, 371 pp.

Keywords:

age of sail, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-French, France , commerce, trade, business, port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, ship, boat, vessel

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Alderman, Clifford Lindsey. The Privateersmen. Philadelphia: Chilton, 1965, xv, 191 pp. Focused on American marauders against English sea trade.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, age of sail, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , piracy, privateering, pirate, buccaneer, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Alderton, Tony & Winchester, Nik. "Regulation, Representation and the Flag Market." J Mar Res (10 September 2002). Role of flag state.

Keywords:

merchant marine, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty

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Aldridge, David D. "Admiral Sir John Norris and the British Naval Expeditions to the Baltic Sea, 1715-1727." Ph.D. diss, London School of Economics, 1971. 6 expeditions; included diplomacy; (ASLIB 22-874).

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, strategy, strategic, Royal Navy, Britain, England, personality, prominent leader, noted person

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Aldridge, David D. "Jacobitism and the Scottish Seas, 1689-1719." See T. Smout, Scotland and the Sea, pp. 76-93.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Scot, Scotland, Scottish, merchant marine, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Aldridge, David D. "Royal Navy in the Baltic, 1715-1727." See W. Minchinton, Britain and the Northern Seas, pp. 75-80.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , logistics, supply, supplies, Royal Navy, Britain, England, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations

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Aldridge, David D. "The Navy as Handmaid for Commerce and High Policy, 1680-1720." See J. Black, British Navy and the Use of Naval Power, pp. 51-70.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Royal Navy, Britain, England, strategy, strategic, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations

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Aldridge, David D. "The Victualling of the British Naval Expedition to the Baltic Sea, 1715-1727." Scandinavian Economic History Review, 12 (1964): 1-25. During this period, 9 separate expeditions into the Baltic; commanded by Sir John Norris, Byng & Wager; new theater of operations & new logistical problems; Victualling Board met requirements creditably.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , Royal Navy, Britain, England, victualling, food ration, diet for naval personnel, nutrition , logistics, supply, supplies, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Alexander, Andrew. "Negotiation, Trade and the Rituals of Endurance: An Examination of the Slave Trading Voyage of De Zon, 1775-1776." Itinerario, 31 (2007): 39-58.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , voyage

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Allaire, Gratien. "Fur Trade Engages, 1701-1745." See T. Buckley, Rendezvous, pp. 17-26.

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18th century, eighteenth, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Allardyce, William Lamond. The Story of the Falkland Islands: Being an Account of Their Discovery and Early History, 1500-1842. Stanley: GPO, 1909, 31 pp.

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16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, colonialism, colony, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Falkland, Malvenas, Malvinas, island, colony, campaign, war, battle of First World War , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , fishing, fishery, fish, herring, cod, trawling , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, whaling, whale, whaleship, whaler, fishing

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Allen, Gardner Weld. Operations against the French, 1798-1800. Boston: Houghton Mifflin; Hamden: Archon, 1909, 1967, xii, 323 pp. Alt. title: Our Naval War with France; in series, U.S. Navy.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-French, France , battles, united states navy, US navy, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations

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Allen, Helen M. "British Commercial Policy in the West Indies, 1783-1793." Ph.D. diss, London, 1938.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , strategy, strategic, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations

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Allen, Joseph A. The Navigation Laws of Great Britain: Historically and Practically Considered: With Reference to Commercial and National Defence. London: Baily & Ridgway, 1849, xi, 344 pp.

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17th century, seventeenth, Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, Anglo-French, France , 18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, navigation law, ship, boat, vessel

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Allen, Paul C. Philip III and the Pax Hispanica, 1598-1621: The Failure of Grand Strategy. New Haven: Yale UP, 2000, xvi, 336 pp. Crucial moment in evolution of bid for hegemony; strategic overstretch & English succession.

Keywords:

16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , strategy, strategic, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, sea power

Abbreviations
AHR American Historical Review
Alb Albion
alt alternate
Am Nep American Neptune
AQ & DJ Army Quarterly and Defence Journal
ASLIB Association of Libraries (Dissertations & Master's Theses)
BIHR Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research
Can His Rev Canadian Historical Review
Can J His Canadian Journal of History
comp Compiled by
DAI Dissertation Abstracts International
EcHR Economic History Review
ed editor or edited by
EnHR English Historical Review
HisAHR Hispanic American Historical Review
HJ Historical Journal (Cambridge Historical Journal)
His Res Historical Research
His Tod History Today
Intell & Nat Sec Intelligence and National Security
IJ Mar His International Journal of Maritime History
IJ Nau Arch International Journal of Nautical Archaeology
IHR International History Review
intro introduction
J Am His Journal of American History
J Asian His Journal of Asian History
JBS Journal of British Studies
J Cont His Journal of Contemporary History
J Econ His Journal of Economic History
JI & CH Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
J Mar Res Journal for Maritime Research
J Mil His Journal of Military History
J Mod His Journal of Modern History
JRUSI Journal of the Royal United Service Institution or Institute
J Soc His Journal of Social History
JSAHR Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
J Stra Stu Journal of Strategic Studies
J Trans His Journal of Transport History
J Wor His Journal of World History
MM Mariner's Mirror
Mil Aff Military Affairs
NHS Naval History Symposium (USNA)
NMM National Maritime Museum
Nav Rev Naval Review
NWCR Naval War College Review (US)
Nel Dis Nelson Dispatch
NIP Naval Institute Press
Nor Mar Northern Mariner
Pac His Rev Pacific Historical Review
P & P Past and Present
Traf Chron Trafalgar Chronicle
trans translated by
UP University Press
USNIP Proceedings of the Naval Institute
Vic Stu Victorian Studies
War & Soc War and Society
War in His War in History
W&MQ William and Mary Quarterly
WSS World Ship Society

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